Are you looking for an effortless way to straighten your smile as an adult?

At Clapham South Dental, we know how our adult and teenage patients want to get straighter smiles with as little fuss as possible and so we can offer many orthodontic solutions. We provide invisible and clear braces Clapham, such as the Damon System, helping you to get the smile you want in the most efficient way possible.

Here, we offer a brief guide to these clear braces Clapham, allowing you to decide if they might be the right treatment option for you.

What is the Damon System?

This brand of clear braces Clapham is a fitted brace, which utilises wires, brackets and a certain amount of adjusting to work.

Visually, it is quite similar to a standard brace, but the wires that are used tend to be thinner and the brackets that hold them to your teeth are also smaller. So visually, it is more discreet, but offers the same orthodontic power as a standard brace.

How do they work?

In short, the Damon System utilises many of the same principles as a fitted brace. However, it comes equipped with sliders, allowing your teeth to move as they need to, without applying too much tension.

While you may think that this increases treatment time, it speeds it up and can facilitate a faster movement of your teeth.

3 components

When it comes to the Damon System, it is physically a simpler brace for our team to use and thus, it can offer faster results.

There are 3 components of this brace that allow it to do this, which include the lack of tightening. As it doesn’t use plastic or metal ties, our team will not need to tighten it in the same way that we would with regular braces.

The lighter wires allow your teeth to move more easily too and with the palatal expanders, you may well be able to have them fitted without the need for any tooth extractions.

Treatment timescale

If our team has opted to fit you with the Damon System, it can take between 12-18 months for it to work.

Remember, this will vary depending on how extensive the dental misalignment being treated is. Should you need help with correcting alignment on your upper and lower jaw, this may require your molars to be moved, which can extend the process somewhat. Similarly, if you have a tooth or teeth that need to be rotated, this can also make the process take slightly longer.

Our team will be able to give you a more accurate timespan of how long the treatment will take following the initial consultation for having the Damon System fitted.

Caring for your braces

As these braces are fitted, it will require discipline to look after them and to keep your teeth in good condition.

To do this, we recommend avoiding overly sugary foods or beverages, brushing them with an electric toothbrush after each meal and using high fluoride toothpaste.

For more advice on how to care for these braces, please talk to our team.